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What is formed in horizontal flat layers of strata?
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Sedimentary Rock
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What rock is formed by fire and heat
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Igneous rock
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What are intrusive Rock
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Igneous rock is formed by texture, course large grains are cooled slowly below the earth's surface.
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What are extrusive rock?
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The are fine, small grains cooled quickly above the eath's surface and are glassy with no visible crystals
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What is Metamorphic rock?
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Rock that is changed by heat and pressure. They show banding, foliations (stripes) and distorted structures. They are high density and very resistant rock.
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How is Igneous rock formed?
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The formation of igneous rock causes contact metamorphiam.
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